I think that is what this policy will comprise. Obama cannot mandate actual paid leave without Congressional approval. We know he will not get that, as there are several senators who propose legislation every year to that effect and have never managed to get it passed.

Fellow fed here — my son was born in 2012 so too late for me, but I have ALL my fingers crossed for you! Spent the two years up to his birth working every single day, no sick leave (even when so ill from morning sickness I spent hours a day curled in fetal position under my desk), no vacation, to build up enough…

I got it through.... channels and am halfway through. Even better than S1. :)

Or wash out pickle/jam jars after using and repurpose those.

Agree! Heat + plastic = no bueno. Also, it seems so wasteful to throw more stuff away. I love my crock pots!

I'm glad I'm not the only one studying.

Also, people who have not known someone who has died of flu tend to be the ones who say it is "no big deal." A friend of mine lost her healthy baby son to the flu two years ago. They believe the baby, too young to be vaccinated, contracted it from his father, who had not had his flu shot that year — no opposed to…

It depends on the order. Different Amish communities have different rules for things like this, called "ordnung." Each community has a set of elders who vote on the rules. The rules are understood more than written down — but in any event, hairstyles and apparel are subject to different standards in different…

Me first!

She deserves scorn/ ridicule because she made a scene and insisted that the (non existent) bread rolls were previously provided to her for FREE. Unless the restaurant regularly gives away free platters of tempura (seems doubtful?) her mistake wasn't just seeing tempura on someone's table and mistaking it for bread.

Your gut is correct — it is statistically far safer to live in a home without a gun. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/…#

Fellow Hannigan auditioner here! I ended up being cast as Grace. "If he should need the FBI...."

Ha! Around here the restaurants call that "doughy scallion pancake thing" — wait for it — "scallion pancake." :) (And it IS unbelievably delicious).

I think it depends what you think of as "rehabilitate." Some pedophiles go their entire lives without ever touching a child, so you can think of "rehabilitation" as either 1) no longer being attracted to children, or 2) controlling impulses so to not act on that attraction. I'm not aware of any evidence showing…

Civil lawsuits are subject to statutes of limitations too, and while they vary greatly based on the particular cause of action and the state, it is very unlikely that there is one as long as the periods implicated here.

I'm glad someone else posted this! I love Nervous System, have been buying their jewelry for a couple years now. It's quite affordable —and it's based right here in Boston!

Except in a very tiny minority of states, it is generally not a crime simply to know that a crime occurred and not report it, unless a person is a statutorily-mandated reporter, which a spouse never is. In the vast majority of states, it is only a crime to affirmatively take steps to assist in covering up or helping…

I think in most cases the doctors/ genetic counselors are likely accurately explaining the risks, because this test has been available for years (I had it in 2011) and instead of hundreds of stories of people being taken by surprise by the fact that the test was not 100% accurate, you get the two examples this…

I probably would have done the same as you. I had this test without any warning signs, and it was a good choice for me. Since our scans were "normal," the negative MaterniT21 result gave me enough peace of mind to skip the amnio even though I was advised clearly that there was a possibility of a false negative.

Why would we encourage that? This test is much better than the previously-available screening tests — for women who want to screen, this is a better option for many reasons — it can be done far earlier in the pregnancy, it has more accurate results (though not 100% because it is a screen, not diagnostic), and it is…